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Benefits in the News > By Subject > Stock plans - misc Now Viewing Recent Headlines View Excerpts and Recent Headlines [Opinion] Big Investments in Employer Stock Can Mean Big Losses for Retirement Plans Is It Safe to Own Company's Stock in a 401(k) or Profit Sharing Plan? [Guidance Overview] Eleventh Circuit Becomes Latest to Adopt Rebuttable Presumption That Fiduciaries Act Prudently by Investing in Employer Stock Take Steps to Ensure Effectiveness of Stock-Based Pay [Opinion] Company Stock Ought Not Be Legal as Defined Contribution Retirement Plan Investment Stock Compensation at Facebook: What Its SEC Registration Statement Reveals Identifying Opportunities in Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Considerations in Private Equity Transactions ERISA Stock Drop Lawsuit Against BP over Gulf Oil Spill Might Rise from the Dead [Guidance Overview] JOBS Act Expands Registration Exception for Private Companies and Employee Stock Plans Employee Ownership Update for April 16, 2012 [Guidance Overview] Alternative Investments Options Were No Shield from Fiduciary Liability for Failure to Divest Stock in Plan Sponsor [Guidance Overview] Federal District Court Dismisses Fiduciary Liability Claims in BP Stock Drop Lawsuit [Guidance Overview] SEC Issues First Guidance on JOBS Act Certain Executive Pay Mandates Eased for 'Emerging Growth' and Private Companies Bipartisan JOBS Act Provides Significant Reforms to Public and Private Securities Offerings Repercussions for Stock Plans in the JOBS Act Employee Ownership Update for April 2, 2012 BP Workers Can't Sue Retirement Plan Over Spill Loss The Evolution of Company Stock in Defined Contribution Plans The New ESOP Executive Compensation and Private Company Equity Compensation Surveys [Guidance Overview] Pfeil v. State Street Bank and Trust Company: Sixth Circuit Holds that "Moench" Presumption of Prudence Does Not Apply at Pleading Stage [Guidance Overview] FATCA Creates New Issues for Cross-Border Stock and Other Incentive Compensation Plans (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Avoid Tax Return Mistakes with Stock Options and ESPPs: What You Need to Know in 2012 Employee Ownership Update for March 1, 2012 [Opinion] The Pitfalls of Investing Retirement Funds in Your Employers' Stock [Guidance Overview] Sixth Circuit Rules that Presumption of Prudence Should Not Be Applied on a Motion to Dismiss New Edition of Selected Issues in Equity Compensation New Edition of Accounting for Equity Compensation New Edition of Equity Alternatives: Restricted Stock, Performance Awards, Phantom Stock, Stock Appreciation Rights, and More New Edition of Securities Sources for Equity Compensation Private Company Incentive Pay Practices Survey Should Employees Own More Company Stock or Less? 2011 Data on ESOP Executive Compensation (Employee Ownership Report excerpt) [Guidance Overview] The ERISA Decision of the Year? [Guidance Overview] 2011 Decisions of Interest in ERISA Cases (PDF) BofA Investor Lawsuit Wins Class-Action Status 2nd Circuit Should Rehear 401(k) 'Stock Drop' Cases,DOL Argues in Recent Brief ISS Issues FAQs on 2012 U.S. Voting Policies The State of Broad-Based Employee Ownership Plans 2012 [Guidance Overview] In Re: Citigroup ERISA Litigation: Has The Death Knell Sounded for Stock Drop Cases? Using Employer Stock in Qualified Plans 2012 U.S. Proxy Voting Summary Guidelines (PDF) Results from the NCEO Private Company Equity Compensation Survey [Guidance Overview] ISS Issues Technical Paper on Evaluating Pay for Performance and Updated Burn Rate Tables (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Second Circuit Adopts Presumption of Prudence for Holding of Employer Stock; Determines Fiduciaries Have No Affirmative Duty to Disclose Adverse Information Ten Ideas for Year-End Tax Planning with Stock Compensation Walmart and Merrill Lynch Agree To Pay $13.5 Million To Settle 401(k) Fiduciary Lawsuit [Guidance Overview] Presumption of Prudence Shields Fiduciaries from Liability Following Decline in Value of Employer Stock [Guidance Overview] Equity Arrangements and Change in Control Agreements [Guidance Overview] Another Circuit Court Adopts Presumption of Prudence for Investments in Employer Stock Stock Ownership Guidelines Hard-Wired Into the Plan? 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